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Scott interviews Nolan Denaro about the failures of war hawks in the MAGA movement and their impact on U.S. foreign policy.

Scott interviews writer and podcast host Nolan Denaro about several columns he’s written recently for Antiwar.com. They dig into the shortcomings, failures and overall depravity of the war hawks in the current MAGA movement. Discussed on the show: “JD Vance’s Iran War Dilemma” (Antiwar.com) “How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran” (New York Times) “Pete Hegseth: Militarism’s Ideologue” (Antiwar.com) “The War Hawks’ Predictions Have Aged Like Milk” (Antiwar.com) Nolan Denaro is a political analyst, writer, and host of “The Quest For Clarity” podcast, available on YouTube and Spotify. He is a columnist at Antiwar.com, and his work has been published by Responsible Statecraft, the Libertarian Institute, The Daily Caller, and the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He writes on U.S. foreign policy, economics, and current events, with a particular focus on war and imperialism. He writes opinion pieces on his Substack, and you can follow him on X @nolandenaro. Sign up for the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom at scotthortonacademy.com For more on Scott's work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org Check out Scott's other show, Provoked…

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Host: Scott Horton

Guest: Nolan Denaro

Topics covered

• MAGA movement
• war hawks
• U.S. foreign policy
• political analysis
• militarism
• Iran War

Keywords

• JD Vance
• Pete Hegseth
• MAGA
• war hawks
• Iran
• militarism
• political analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Antiwar.com, New York Times, Responsible Statecraft, Libertarian Institute, The Daily Caller, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Books & works: The Quest For Clarity, Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine, Enough Already: Time to

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